Barford in the Domesday Book

A village in Forehoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 10 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £45 in 1086
  • Households: 24 villagers; 22 smallholders; 51.5 freemen; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 16 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Mills: 4.5
  • Animals in 1066: 14 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 27 pigs; 13 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres